After ESPN got canned, I am fully aware that this is not a Multichoice/DSTV issue, they came to the party a bit with buying some of the rights, apart from the AFL they have bought, I am fairly disappointed with what is going on.
Over the weekend, I was overjoyed to see the announcement on the DSTV website:
As of Tuesday, 6 August, SuperSport 9 (SS9) will be added on channel 209 on DStv and feature a variety of American-based sports previously carried on the ESPN channel, which discontinued its broadcast to Africa on 31 July.
These include live college basketball and football and boxing. SS9 is also the new home for live EFC Fight Nights and brings action from the various domestic soccer leagues across the African continent to South African viewers.
So Tuesday comes around, and the first thing I do is jump onto the channel in hopes of something/anything that might resemble content that ESPN showed as tome point... to only see Kenyan premier league football... I thought fine, maybe just the first few hours... I went onto the EPG... the only US based content at all on the channel is as follows: TNA Wrestling and boxing... SERIOUSLY SEEMS LIKE A STRAIGHT UP AND FALSE ADVERTISING
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